Where does “pääkvanttiluku” come from?

pääkvanttiluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kvanttiluku, from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

pääkvanttiluku (Finnish): principal quantum number

Definitions

  1. principal quantum number

Ancestry of “pääkvanttiluku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkvanttilukuquantum number
2Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
3Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
4Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
5Proto-Uralicluke-to count
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic luke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic lukedak →